Hisa-I-Awali Bihsud District
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Hisa-I-Awali Bihsud District is a district of Wardak Province
, Afghanistan
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The district has a Hazara majority resident population, but the district is also used as grazing ground by nomadic Pashtun
Kuchis
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Since 2007 there has been a flare up in ethnic violence
in the district, emanating from a dispute between Hazaras and Kuchis over the ownership of vast tracts of land, with the Hazara claiming Kuchi militias being armed by the Taliban. Several villages have been burned and thousands have had to flee the area.
Wardak Province
Maidan Wardak Province is one of thirty four provinces of Afghanistan located in the central east region of Afghanistan. It has a population of approximately 540,100. The capital of the province is Maidan Shar...
, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
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The district has a Hazara majority resident population, but the district is also used as grazing ground by nomadic Pashtun
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
Kuchis
Kuchis
Kuchis , are Afghan Pashtun nomads, primarily from the Ghilzai, Kakar, Lodi, Ahmadzai as well as some Durrani tribes, but occasionally there may also be some Baloch people among them that live a nomadic life travelling between pastoral lands in Afghanistan and in Pakistan...
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Since 2007 there has been a flare up in ethnic violence
Ethnic violence
Ethnic violence refers to violence expressly motivated by ethnic hatred...
in the district, emanating from a dispute between Hazaras and Kuchis over the ownership of vast tracts of land, with the Hazara claiming Kuchi militias being armed by the Taliban. Several villages have been burned and thousands have had to flee the area.